Mr. CHARLES AUGUSTINE STICKLE

My brother--in deed, though not by blood--this tale of his birthland is
affectionately inscribed.




CONTENTS


CHAPTER PAGE

I. Collars-and-Cuffs 3
II. The Red Desert 24
III. A Little Brother of the Cows 38
IV. At the Rio Gloria 59
V. The Outlaws 80
VI. Everyman's Share 102
VII. The Killer 122
VIII. Benson's Bridge-Timbers 141
IX. Judson's Joke 157
X. Flemister and Others 177
XI. Nemesis 187
XII. The Pleasurers 202
XIII. Bitter-Sweet 224
XIV. Blind Signals 248
XV. Eleanor Intervenes 260
XVI. The Shadowgraph 270
XVII. The Dipsomaniac 289